Ecclesiastes 5:3 {2}
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Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.

a fool's

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 The words of the mouth of a wise man are grace: but the lips of a fool shall throw him down headlong. . . .

Proverbs 10:19 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.

Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Context
Approaching God with Awe
2Speak not any thing rashly, and let not thy heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. 3Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly.4If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it.…
Cross References
Job 11:2
Shall not he that speaketh much, hear also? or shall a man full of talk be justified?

Proverbs 10:19
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.

Proverbs 15:2
The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly.

Ecclesiastes 10:14
A fool multiplieth words. A man cannot tell what hath been before him: and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Lexicon
As
כִּ֛י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

a dream
הַחֲל֖וֹם (ha·ḥă·lō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2472: A dream

comes
בָּ֥א (bā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

through many
בְּרֹ֣ב (bə·rōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

cares,
עִנְיָ֑ן (‘in·yān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6045: Ado, employment, an affair

so the speech
וְק֥וֹל (wə·qō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

of a fool
כְּסִ֖יל (kə·sîl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3684: Stupid fellow, dullard, fool

[comes] with many
בְּרֹ֥ב (bə·rōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

words.
דְּבָרִֽים׃ (də·ḇā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause


Additional Translations
As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; and a fool's voice is with a multitude of words.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words.

For a dream cometh with a multitude of business; and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by a multitude of words.

For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool's speech with a multitude of words.

For the dream hath come by abundance of business, and the voice of a fool by abundance of words.
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